Cry, the Beloved Country 1951  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: African Fury
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Sidney Poitier, Geoffrey Keen, Lionel Ngakane, Joyce Carey, Edric Connor, Michael Goodliffe, Charles McRae, Vivien Clinton, Albertina Temba, Henry Blumenthal
This is the film adaptation of Alan Paton's thought-provoking novel about apartheid in South Africa. The story centers on the murder of a White man by a Black man, Absalom Kumalo (Lionel Ngakane). The man Absalon killed was the son of a wealthy farmer, James Jarvis (Charles Carson). Absalom's own father is a priest, Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee), who, with help from a young priest, Rev. Maimangu (Sidney Poitier), comes looking for his son and finds that he is now a criminal. Through the fathers of the two men, both of whom have lost their sons, hope is seen for an end to apartheid.
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The Macomber Affair 1947  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, Robert Preston, Reginald Denny, Carl Harbord, Earl Smith, Jean Gillie, Vernon Downing, Frederick Worlock
This film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is about Margaret (Joan Bennett) and Francis (Robert Preston) Macomber's doomed safari. Margaret and guide Wilson (Gregory Peck) begin a love affair, and Francis meets a tragic end. Very well presented.
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 Sahara 1943 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges, Rex Ingram, J. Carrol Naish, Dan Duryea, Kurt Kreuger, Richard Nugent, Patrick O'Moore, Guy Kingsford, Carl Harbord, Louis Mercier, John Wengraf, Walter Bonn, Michael Dyne
This World War II adventure is the story of U.S. Army Sergeant Joe Gunn's (Humphrey Bogart) out-maneuvering the Germans while leading British, French, South African, and Sudanese soldiers across the desert in search of water. Despite a betrayal, they work as a team and defeat a German force that is also in search of the water. J. Carrol Naish received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Giuseppe who is a prisoner of the Allies.
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Sanders of the River 1935  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Bosambo
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, Robert Cochran, Martin Walker, Richard Grey, Tony Wane, Marques De Portago, Eric Maturin, Allan Jeayes, Luao, Oboja
In this British propaganda film, a Nigerian tribal chief (Paul Robeson) and a British officer (Leslie Banks) work together to bring law and order to the area.
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A Woman's Vengeance 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Mildred Natwick, Cecil Humphreys, Rachel Kempson, Leyland Hodgson, Harry Cording, John Williams
This excellent film concerns the trial of Henry Maurier (Charles Boyer) who is accused of murder after his wife dies under mysterious circumstances.
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| 1. Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
aka: African Fury
2. The Four Feathers (1939)
3. Jungle Book (1942)
4. The Macomber Affair (1947)
5. Sahara (1943)
6. Sanders of the River (1935)
aka: Bosambo
7. A Woman's Vengeance (1947)
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